request, wish / prayer

desire; wish / pray

a prayer

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

dead, dried leaf

the hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

"letter closed" character (from 閉める, close) / sum (from 〆高, 締高, sum) / measurement of paper / bundle (from 締める, fasten)

buckle (belt clasp)

Lengths of laid rice straw rope used for ritual purification in Shinto shrines. They can vary in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres, and are often seen festooned with shide. A space bound by shimenawa often indicates a sacred or pure space, such as that of a Shinto shrine.

(business) closing up the cash register